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This is a page to help you find information about people
who were very important people in Michigan history.

Aardema, Verna – author

A Bookworm Who Hatched/Aardema (B Aardema)

http://www.schoollibrarymedia.com/columns/authorauthor/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/16/arts/verna-aardema-88-chronicler-of-african-folklore-for-children.html
http://history.librarypoint.org/Verna_Aardema


Abbott, Jim – baseball player

Jim Abbott: star pitcher/Gutman(B Abbott)
Jim Abbott/Stewart (B Abbott)

http://www.jimabbott.info/biography.html
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/635e3a93



Beaumont, William – doctor

Dr. Beaumont and the Man with the Hole in His Stomach/Epstein (612 Eps)

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ba-Be/Beaumont-William.html
http://www.faqs.org/health/bios/21/William-Beaumont.html


Bunche, Ralph – U.N., Nobel Peace Prize

Ralph J. Bunche/McKissack (B Bunche)

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1950/bunche-bio.html
http://www.thepeacemission.com/ralph-bunche.htm
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=219



Cadillac, Antoine da la Mothe – explorer

Antoine de La Cadillac/Knudsen (B Cadillac)

http://www.historydetroit.com/people/antoine_cadillac.asp
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=149






Cadillac, Marie-Therese – first Lady of Detroit

First Lady of Detroit/Bush (B Cad)

http://www.historydetroit.com/people/marie_cadillac.asp
Michigan Women Hall of Fame





Ben Carson -- Surgeon

Ben Carson/Lewis (B Carson)
Gifted Hands/Carson (B Carson)

Biography.com
Academy of Achievement
Carson Scholar Fund

Cass, Lewis -- Governor of the Michigan Territory

http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/73gal.html
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=129
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000233
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/cass.cfm

Chaffee, Roger – astronaut; 1967 fire
….On Course to the Stars/Chrysler (B Chaffee)

http://www.answers.com/topic/roger-b-chaffee
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/zorn/chaffee.htm

Champlain, Samuel de – explorer

Samuel de Champlain/Kline (B deChamplain)

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/samuel-de-champlain.htm




Chrysler, Walter – auto industry
Walter Chrysler: boy machinist/Weddle (B Chrysler)

http://www.techdirections.com/Chrysler.pdf
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5229/is_2003/ai_n19145643
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=153



Clemenc, Anna (Annie) – heroine

Big Annie of Calumet (B Calumet)
Historic Women of Michigan/Troester (977.4 His)

http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/calumets-big-annie/
Michigan Women Hall of Fame




Cobb, Ty – baseball player

Ty Cobb/Macht (B Cobb)

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ch-Co/Cobb-Ty.html
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=108
Official Website of Ty Cobb




Curtis, Christopher Paul -- author


http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=49
http://www.nobodybutcurtis.com/
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/curtis



Custer, George Armstrong -- general

George Armstrong Custer/Rau (B Custer)

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/custer.htm
http://www.georgearmstrongcuster.com/



deAngeli, Marguerite – author/illustrator

Bold Women of Michigan History/Burns (977.4 Bur)
Remarkable Michigan Women/Pferdehirt (977.4 Pfe)
Historic Women of Michigan/Troester (977.4 His)

http://www.deangeli.lapeer.org/Life/chrono.html
http://www.unc.edu/~bflorenc/libraryladies/deangeli.html




Edison, Thomas A – inventor

Thomas Edison/Middleton B Edison
Always Inventing/Murphy B Edison
In Their Own Words: Thomas Edison B Edison
Thomas Edison/Raatma B Edison

http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html
http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9284349




Edmonds, Sarah Emma – Civil War Spy

Behind Rebel Lines/Reit B Edmonds

http://www.civilwarhome.com/edmondsbio.htm
Michigan Women Hall of Fame


Etheridge, Annie -- Civil War nurse

http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1035.html
http://civilwarwomen.blogspot.com/2007/01/annie-blair-etheridge.html
Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

Ford, Betty - First Lady

http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=39 (site does not reflect her death in 2011)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bettyford/
http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/bbfbiop.asp



Ford, Gerald R. – President

Gerald R Ford/Margaret (B Ford)

http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/fordbiop.asp
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/grford.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/geraldford


Ford, Henry – auto industry

Henry Ford/Schaefer (B Ford)
Henry Ford/Joseph (B Ford)
Eat My Dust! Herny Ford’s First Race/Kulling(B Ford)
We’ll Race You, Henry/Mitchell (B Ford)

http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/default.asp#childhood
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Ford-Henry.html
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=127


Franklin, Aretha – singer

Aretha Franklin/Carroll (B Franklin)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/franklin_a.html
http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3729&source_type=A
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=72


Frostic, Gwen – artist


Remarkable Michigan Women/Pferdehirt (977.4 Pfe)
The Life and Wisdom of Gwen Frostic/James (B Frostic)

http://www.gwenfrostic.com/t-aboutgwen.aspx
Michigan Women Hall of Fame
http://michiganreading.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=160


Freeman, Julia Wheelock – Michigan’s Florence Nightingale


Remarkable Michigan Women/Pferdehirt (977.4 Pfe)

Michigan Women Hall of Fame
http://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/2006/10/julia-susan-wheelock.html

Gillette, Genevieve – champion of Michigan Parks

Bold Women of Michigan History/Burns (977.4 Bur)
Remarkable Michigan Women/Pferdehirt (977.4 Pfe)
Historic Women of Michigan/Troester (977.4 His)

Michigan Women Hall of Fame
Michigan's Department of Natural Resources
Gillette Nature Center


Haviland, Laura – abolitionist

Bold Women of Michigan History/Burns (977.4 Bur)
Remarkable Michigan Women/Pferdehirt (977.4 Pfe)
Historic Women of Michigan/Troester (977.4 His)

Michigan Women Hall of Fame
Learning to Give
Michigan's Department of Natural Resources
American History





Howe, Gordie – hockey player

Gordie: a hockey legend/MacSkimming (B Howe)

http://www.hockey-fans.com/players/howe.php
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ho-Jo/Howe-Gordie.html
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=75
Gordie Howe's Official Website


Johnson, Magic – basketball player

Magic Johnson/Frank (B Johnson)
Magic Johnson: champion with a cause/Greenberg (B Johnson)

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Jo-Ki/Johnson-Magic.html
http://aol.nba.com/history/players/johnsonm_bio.html


Kahn, Albert – architect

Albert Kahn: builder of Detroit/Matuz (B Kahn)

http://architect.architecture.sk/albert-kahn-architect/albert-kahn-architect.php
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/albert-kahn/
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=57



Kellogg, W.K. – inventor

W.K. Kellogg/Peterson (B Kellogg)

Biography.com
Ideafinder
Kellogg's Foundation

LaFramboise, Magdelaine – fur trader

Bold Women of Michigan History/Burns (977.4 Bur)
Remarkable Michigan Women/Pferdehirt (977.4 Pfe)
Historic Women of Michigan/Troester (977.4 His)

Michigan Women Hall of Fame
St. Anne's Church (and the role Magdelaine LaFramoise played in it)


La Salle, Sieur de -- explorer

Sieur de La Salle/Santella (977 San)


Lindbergh, Charles – aviator

Charles Lindberg/Raatma (B Lindbergh)
Lindberg/Demarest (B Lindbergh)
Charles Lindbergh/Davis (B Lindbergh)

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/index.asp

Lipinski, Tara – ice skater

Tara Lipinski: queen of the ice/Gutman (B Lipinski)
Tara Lipinski: Triumph on Ice/Lipinski (B Lipinski)
Tara Lipinski/Wheeler (B Lipinski)

Figure Skating
Sports Illustrated
Tara Lipinski's Official Site

Louis, Joe – boxer

Joe Louis: America’s Fighter/Adler (B Louis)

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Lo-Ma/Louis-Joe.html
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=73
Joe Louis' Official Website

McCoy, Elijah – inventor

The Real McCoy/Towle (B McCoy)

http://www.africawithin.com/bios/elijah_mccoy.htm
http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventors/a/Elijah_McCoy.htm

Rosa Parks – civil rights leader

Rosa Parks/Dubois (B Parks)
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott/Celsi (B Parks)
Rosa Parks/Greenfield (B Parks)
Rosa Parks/Schaefer (B Parks)

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=107
Rosa Parks' Official Website
Biography.com
Academy of Achievement



Polacco, Patricia -- author

Firetalking/Polacco (B Polacco)

http://www.patriciapolacco.com/author/bio/bio.html
Reading RocketsScholastic

Pontiac – Native American chief

Pontiac: young Ottawa leader/Peckham (B Pontiac)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/pontiac.shtml
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/pontiac/
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=148



Quimby, Harriet – aviator

Harriet Quimby: America’s First Lady of the Air/Hall (B Quimby)
Brave Harriet/Moss (B Quimby)

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/hquimby.html
Harriet Quimby's Official Website
Centennial of Flight

Reuther Brothers – labor leaders

The Reuther Brothers: Walter, Roy, and Victor/Smith (B Reuther)


http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=145
American Postal Union Workers
Washington Post



Ross, Diana – singer

Diana Ross/Wyeth (B Ross)

http://www.answers.com/topic/diana-ross?cat=entertainment
http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9464240
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/encyclopedia_item.aspx?ID=171




Salk, Jonas -- polio vaccine

Jonas Salk: polio vaccine pioneer/Parks (B Salk)

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/sal0bio-1
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ro-Sc/Salk-Jonas.html


Shaw, Anna Howard – suffragist

A Voice from the Wilderness/Brown (B Shaw)
Historic Women of Michigan/Troester (977.4 His)


Michigan Women Hall of Fame
New York TimesBiography.com
Great Women.org
Sojourner Truth – abolitionist

Sojourner Truth/McLoone (B Truth)
Sojourner Truth: antislavery activist/Krass (B Truth)
Sojourner Truth/Jaffe (B Truth)
Historic Women of Michigan/Troester (977.4 His)

http://www.sojournertruth.org/History/Biography/Default.htm
http://www.civilwarhome.com/truthbio.htm



Tecumseh – Native American

Tecumseh: Shawnee War Chief/Fleischer (B Tecumseh)
Tecumseh/Kent (B Tecumseh)

Biography.com
History 1880s
Book Rags





Van Allsburg, Chris – author/illustrator

Chris VanAllsburg/Wheeler (B Van Allsburg)

http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/biography.html
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3697


X, Malcolm -- civil rights leader

Malcolm X/Davis (B X)
Malcolm X and Black Pride/Cwiklik (B X)

http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/about/bio.htm
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Lo-Ma/Malcolm-X.html